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Beetle Gallery - Page 4: Stag Beetles (family Lucanidae) |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera |
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A selection of beetles found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . . | |
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 Stag Beetle - Male (Lucanus cervus) length 20-70 mm, with large antler-like jaws |
Three members of the stag beetle family (Lucanidae) occur in Britain - all three are illustrated here -  Stag Beetle - Female (Lucanus cervus) usually smaller than the male, with 'normal' jaws |
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In deciduous woodland, where it breeds in rotting tree stumps and other suitable decayed
wood - becoming rare in Britain and now confined to a few localities in southern England - the specimens illustrated above are from an old collection, c. 1940 North Somerset | |
 Lesser Stag Beetle - Male (Dorcus parallelipipedus) length 20-30 mm, female with smaller mandibles |
 Horned Stag Beetle - Male (Sinodendron cylindricum) length 10-15 mm, female without frontal horn |
| In rotten wood of deciduous trees and in flight on summer evenings |
In rotten wood of deciduous trees |
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